gaucho
noun
a cowboy of the South American pampas, usually of mixed Spanish and Indigenous ancestry.
gauchos
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pluralof gaucho.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Developed around 2016, the BolaWrap was modeled after the bolas used by gauchos to wrangle animals.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2020
Strip away the Humvees and athletic fields, and the base could be an Argentine estancia, home to gauchos instead of guardsmen.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2019
Past participants have included drovers from Australia and gauchos from South America.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2018
“We used to see gauchos making their own bridles, knives, belts, all by hand. We decided to do the same thing, but in the city.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2018
If approached carefully on the lee side one may get very close, however, and then the action of the sentinels is something that makes the gauchos laugh.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by John R. Spears
